17 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 17 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Disability Living Allowance 11,480 words
  4. Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,255 words
  5. Millennium Bug 4,331 words
  6. Rare Plants 3,591 words
  7. Food Safety Act 3,924 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND 6 words
      1. Western Education and Library Board 312 words
      2. New Northern Ireland Assembly 777 words
      3. Victims of Violence 694 words
      4. Civic Forum 593 words
      5. Northern Ireland Agreement 825 words
      6. Parades 729 words
      7. Economic Package 419 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
      1. Engagements 4,672 words
  9. European Council (Cardiff) 9,690 words
  10. Points of Order 659 words
  11. Disposal and Re-use of White Goods 1,460 words
    1. DISPOSAL AND RE-USE OF WHITE GOODS 60 words
  12. Orders of the Day
    1. Human Rights Bill [Lords] 15 words
      1. Clause 5
        1. RIGHT OF CROWN TO INTERVENE 4,538 words
      2. Clause 6
        1. ACTS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES 19,614 words
    2. Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill 16 words
      1. Clause 8
        1. APPLICATIONS TO REVOKE DECLARATION 1,608 words
      2. Clause 9
        1. LICENCES: CONDITIONS 7,098 words, 1 division
      3. Clause 10
        1. RELEASE: FURTHER PROVISIONS 8,375 words
      4. Clause 11
        1. NOTICE OF DECISIONS 1,024 words
      5. Clause 13
        1. INADMISSIBILITY 618 words
      6. Clause 15
        1. SENTENCES PASSED OUTSIDE NORTHERN IRELAND 2,456 words
      7. Clause 17
        1. ORDERS AND RULES 70 words
      8. Clause 19
        1. EXTENT 977 words
      9. New clause 3
        1. INFORMATION FOR VICTIMS 307 words
      10. New clause 4
        1. REVOCATION OF DECLARATION 193 words
      11. New clause 5
        1. SENTENCES PASSED OUTSIDE NORTHERN IRELAND 37 words
      12. Schedule 2
        1. COMMISSIONERS' PROCEDURE 36 words
      13. New schedule
        1. SENTENCES PASSED OUTSIDE NORTHERN IRELAND
          1. Eligibility for release 149 words
          2. Equivalent offence 232 words
          3. Effect of declaration 171 words
          4. Life prisoners: specified dates 165 words
          5. Restricted transfers 207 words
      14. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE 185 words
      15. HUMAN RIGHTS BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2) 149 words
    3. Epilepsy 3,232 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 June 1998

  1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Belmont Stables, Mill Hill 175 words
    2. Millennium Dome 92 words
    3. Traffic Commissioner 97 words
    4. Mobile Homes 271 words
    5. Rented Accommodation 112 words
    6. Second Homes 254 words
    7. Education Expenditure 62 words
    8. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 316 words
    9. Merchant Navy 66 words
    10. Nuclear Deterrence 97 words
    11. Rural Bus Services 134 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Personal Injury Cases 228 words
  3. TREASURY
    1. Economic and Monetary Union 184 words
    2. Registered Businesses 53 words
    3. Lending Policies 123 words
    4. Pensions Mis-selling 1,250 words
    5. Alcohol and Tobacco Imports 155 words
    6. Wages (Worcestershire) 353 words
  4. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Special Advisers 191 words
    2. European Voluntary Service 184 words
    3. Buddhism (Educational Material) 101 words
    4. New Deal (Ethnic Monitoring) 85 words
    5. School/College Transport (Essex) 71 words
    6. Teaching (New Entrants) 233 words
    7. New Deal for Schools 114 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Criminal Cases Review Commission 92 words
    2. Sierra Leone (Asylum Seekers) 271 words
    3. Closed Circuit Television 522 words
    4. Local Authorities (Pilot Schemes) 382 words
    5. Asylum Seekers 95 words
    6. Police Officers 890 words
    7. Police (Medical Retirement) 1,295 words
    8. Police (Ethnic Employees) 509 words
    9. Police (Compensation) 73 words
    10. Police (CS Gas) 227 words
    11. Sunday Trading 160 words
    12. Fazakerley Prison 50 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Solway Firth and Border Esk Rivers 102 words
    2. Fisheries Research Services 265 words
    3. Scottish Parliament 130 words
    4. Radioactivity (Merse Sites) 82 words
    5. Radiation Monitoring Stations 93 words
    6. Leukaemia 341 words
    7. Hip Operations 595 words
  7. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Sudan 226 words
  8. WALES
    1. Special Advisers 188 words
    2. Class Sizes 81 words
    3. Welsh Development Agency 104 words
    4. Assisted Places 51 words
  9. DEFENCE
    1. Nerve Agent Pretreatment 278 words
    2. Equipment Exhibition 55 words
    3. Project Horizon Frigate 155 words
    4. Defence Exports 277 words
    5. Riot Control Agents 131 words
    6. Service Men's Wives 58 words
    7. Shows and Trade Fairs 83 words
    8. Nuclear Tests 125 words
    9. Helicopters 62 words
    10. Armoured Vehicles 70 words
    11. Anthrax Vaccination 468 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Arts Council of England 76 words
    2. National Lottery Funding (Leigh) 951 words
    3. Listed Sporting Events 463 words
    4. National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts 130 words
    5. Libraries 88 words
    6. Elgin Marbles 120 words
    7. Mediaeval Church Buildings 102 words
    8. Departmental Objectives and Performance 64 words
    9. UK Sports Institute 71 words
    10. Millennium Celebrations 203 words
    11. Football 113 words
    12. Radio Stations 329 words
    13. Media Ownership 326 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Car Manufacturers 145 words
    2. Science Research 118 words
    3. Foresight Programme 345 words
    4. Eastern Electricity 76 words
    5. Internal Market Council 142 words
    6. Metrication Policy 62 words
    7. Wind Power 172 words
    8. Insider Dealing 59 words
    9. Dounreay 227 words
    10. Millennium Compliance 175 words
  12. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Sickness and Disability Benefits 211 words
    2. National Insurance 264 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Special Advisers 106 words
    2. Amsterdam Treaty (Asylum and Immigration) 199 words
    3. Gibraltar 61 words
    4. Council of Europe 74 words
    5. Intergovernmental Authority on Development 374 words
    6. Youth for Europe 73 words
    7. Panel 2000 297 words
    8. India and Pakistan 134 words
    9. Kosovo 209 words
    10. Indonesia 131 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Pig Farming 116 words
    2. Periodicals 46 words
    3. Agricultural Shows 188 words
    4. Fishing 73 words
    5. Fish Quotas 274 words
    6. Distant Water Fleet 68 words
    7. Food Safety 104 words
    8. Legislation 167 words
    9. BSE 176 words
    10. Quarantine 100 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Parades 63 words
    2. Confidence-building Measures 128 words
    3. New Northern Ireland Assembly 153 words
    4. Policing 320 words
    5. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 64 words
    6. Minimum Wage 67 words
    7. Downe Hospital 75 words
    8. Secondary Schools 67 words
    9. Irish Language 211 words
    10. Peace Process 73 words
    11. Employment Equality White Paper 93 words
    12. Victims of Violence 77 words
    13. Council of the Isles 122 words
    14. Security Situation 80 words
    15. Prisoners (Early Release) 47 words
    16. Sinn Fein 44 words
    17. Paedophiles 684 words
  16. HEALTH
    1. Road Accidents (Payment for Treatment) 226 words
    2. NHS Pension Scheme 86 words
    3. Primary Care Groups 250 words
    4. Varicose Veins (Operating Waiting Lists) 61 words
    5. Insulin Injection Pen Needles 62 words
    6. Dental Services 170 words
    7. Cystic Fibrosis 84 words
    8. Public Appointments 385 words
    9. Hip Operations 271 words
    10. Community Health Councils 135 words

Lords Sitting of 17 June 1998

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Quota-hopping 1,096 words
  3. Road Fuel Gas: Duty 974 words
  4. Building Societies: Special Deposits 733 words
  5. Nuclear Weapons: Elimination 1,469 words
  6. Business 88 words
  7. Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 67 words
  8. Scotland Bill 9,850 words
  9. The Cardiff Summit 7,369 words
  10. Scotland Bill 43,398 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 June 1998

  1. Local Authority Nuclear Free Committees 74 words
  2. Marine Science and Technology: Inter-Agency Committee 226 words
  3. Department of Health: Public Appointments 395 words
  4. Alcohol "Tsar" 28 words
  5. Alcohol Misuse 102 words
  6. Disability Benefits Forum 328 words
  7. Fish Quotas 693 words
  8. Biodiversity Convention: Conference 252 words
  9. Medway Secure Training Centre 62 words
  10. Firearms Licensing: Home Office Circulars 765 words
  11. Criminal Cases Review Commission 85 words
  12. Sierra Leone: Asylum Seekers 257 words
  13. Perjury and Perverting the Course of Justice: Prosecutions 442 words